Originally Posted by
steve-in-kville
I've looked over many of the picture threads here and noticed that many bars have no bar tape. Why is that?
Seriously.... there's got to be some solid reasoning behind it. Do tell.
I see a lot of bikes on the picture threads I wouldn't ride, let alone own (some because I physically couldn't I'll admit).
Despite what we tell others, if we're honest with ourselves, we all do stuff for purely fashion reasons. The trick is to match your inner desires with the required function. A bigger trick is to spot that you're not doing this and usually the best indication is doing stuff because someone else said it was cool.